The Joshua Hubert trial in Worcester was derailed on Wednesday when new evidence from law enforcement raised questions about his whereabouts on the night prosecutors say a 7-year-old girl was raped and thrown from a bridge in an attempted murder.

Hubert, 43, faces several indictments in connection with the attempted murder and rape of a 7-year-old girl in Worcester in 2017, which are being combined into one case for the trial that began with opening statements on Monday. He is charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of the rape of a child, along with strangulation and kidnapping charges.

Prosecutors say Hubert — a childhood friend of the victim’s father — kidnapped the girl from her grandparents’ home after a party, then raped and strangled her in his car before

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